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Smile and Implant, in Narborough Road , Leicester was said to have failed to pay more than £1,900 to one worker.

A spokeswoman for the business told the Mercury: “It was a misunderstanding and has been mutually resolved.”

The Government said that since 2013, the naming and shaming scheme had identified £8million in back pay for 58,000 workers, while 1,500 employers had been fined a total of £5million.

This year, it said, the government was spending £25.3million on minimum wage enforcement.

It said businesses involved in retail, hospitality and hairdressing were among the most prolific offenders.

Common reasons for underpayment, it said, included failing to pay workers travelling between jobs, deducting money from pay for uniforms and failing to pay for overtime.

Business Minister Margot James said: “There is no excuse for not paying staff the wages they’re entitled to and the government will come down hard on businesses that break the rules.

“That’s why today we are naming hundreds of employers who have been short changing their workers, and to ensure there are consequences for their wallets as well as their reputation, we’ve levied millions in back pay and fines.”